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(1450-1900)

Privilege du Roy [Charles Le Brun], Paris (1656)

Source: Bibliothèque Nationale de France, F5001 (171)

Citation:
Privilege du Roy [Charles Le Brun], Paris (1656), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org

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Full title:
Royal Privilege [Charles Le Brun] (1656)

Full title original language:
Privilege du Roy [Charles Le Brun] (1656)

Abstract:
The privilege granted to Charles Le Brun in 1656 is exceptional. Explicitly authorial rather than commercial, it takes the form of a eulogy, and erects privilege on a foundation to the exceptional talent and royal and public service. The terms of the privilege are also extraordinary: in scope it extends protection from unauthorised printed copies to copies in other media. It is a privilege also without limitation, thus granting monopoly in perpetuity.

Commentary: No commentaries for this record.

Bibliography:
  • Fuhring, Peter. ‘The Market from Prints under Louis XIV: Charles Le Brun,’ Print Quarterly 19, no. 1 (2002).


Related documents in this database:
1660: Decree on Engravings
1714: Decree on Fine Arts
1777: Royal declaration on sculpture and painting

Author: Charles Le Brun (1619-1690)

Publisher: N/A

Year: 1656

Location: Paris

Language: French

Source: Bibliothèque Nationale de France, F5001 (171)

Persons referred to:
De Loménie, Henri Auguste, comte de Brienne
Louis XIV

Places referred to:
Paris

Cases referred to:
N/A

Institutions referred to:
Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture
Chambre des Requêtes
Paris Parlement

Legislation:
Decree on engravings, Paris (1660)
Decree on the Fine Arts, Paris (1714)
Royal Declaration on Sculpture and Painting, Paris (1777)

Keywords:
copies
engraving
fines
painter (peintre du roi)
printmakers
privilege, French
reputation
services

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